Nelson Rodriguez
"Nelson Rodriguez has been the National Director of Promotions for RMM Records and Videos Corporation for the past six years. Prior to that, he headed up promotions for Top Hits Records (later known as TH-Rodven) for nine years where he represented such acts as Oscar D'Leon, Andy Montañez and Lalo Rodriguez while breaking in new artists such as Frankie Ruiz, Eddie Santiago, Luis Miguel and Ricardo Montaner. As a former club deejay in the New York area and a member of the first Latin record pool in the world (International Latin Music Spinners -1977), he developed an inside knowledge of the business while collecting over 15,000 pieces of music, of which 75% is Latin. As a writer for "Latin Beat," formerly known as "Mambo Express," his contacts in the industry keep him in touch with all the latest happenings and new releases. Nelson says, "Picking twenty-five CDs is virtually impossible when you have close to 375 actual favorites. My music growing up was R&B/Pop with a heavy emphasis on Motown and jazz. As a deejay I fell in love with the music of Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, Eddie Palmieri, Cal Tjader, Ray Barretto and Willie Rosario and converted immediately. I still love jazz, rap, and my favorite house/freestyle music, but salsa is #1." "